Chavez Who?

by: Justin Lynch

At last weekend's Summit of the Americas, pictures of President Obama and Hugo Chavez shaking hands and smiling were world news, showing that Venezuela's tyrant could put aside his fierce anti-Americanism for at least enough to garner a news cycle. What wasn't reported was the fierce anti-American speech by Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega. Ortega's speech at the summit went over by its alloted time by 40 minutes in a vain attempt to get on the world stage and fill the void left momentarily by the "friendly" Chavez.

The article also goes on to point out that some Latin American countries held a summit the weekend before the Summit of the Americas to get their talking points straight and coordinate a strategy; so Chavez and Ortega probably planned this whole thing out. These ridiculous head games show why Venezuela and Nicaragua will probably be on a second or third tier of world powers for a long time to come.